Grain-car door.



W. H. ASCUE.

GRAIN GAR DOOR.

:APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2, 1908.

Patented Dec. 1%, 1909.

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WILLIAM H. ASCUE, 0F KIOWA, KANSAS.

GRAIN-CAR DOOR.

Application filed July 2, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TVILLIAM H. AsoUE, citizen of the United States,residing at Kiowa, in the county of Barber and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Gar Doors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention. relates to grain car doors, and has for its object toprovide an improved sectional metal door, especially designed for use oncars in which grain is shipped, the purpose being to provide a doorwhich will be grain-tight and which will not be liable to allow theescape of grain, and which may be built up in sections to any heightdesired. Means are also provided for supporting the sections out of theway when not in use, said means consisting of brackets on the inside ofthe car in which the unused sections may be placed. Improved means arealso provided for holding the door sections in place.

The construction shown in the accompanying drawings, and describedhereinafter, is the best form of the invention now known to me, but theinvention is not limited in its scope to the exact form shown and described, as various modifications may be made.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an outside elevation of thedoor. Fig. 2 is an inside elevation thereof, one section being shown outof use. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is asection on the line 4- lof the same.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the casing of the doorway of anordinary grain car is indicated at 6. The jambs thereof are suppliedwith metal plates 7, on the inside thereof, said plates being bentaround the j ambs to protect the same. Said plates, near their inneredges, are also buckled or bent up to form a tubular knuckle whichreceives a long hinge pintle 8, to which the knuckles of a leaf 9 areconnected, the parts being recessed in alternation, after the man ner ofhinges, to form a long hinge joint permitting the leaf 9 to swing. Thisleaf 9, in connection with the opposite part of the plate 7, forms theguide at one side of the doorway to receive one end of the doorsections. The leaf 9 is normally pressed in or closed by a spring 10.This spring is pivotally attached to the inside of the car by a pivotpin 11, and the end of the spring is hooked as indicated at 12 andadapted to Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Dec. 114., 1909.

Serial No. 441,645.

lit in a notch 13 in the upper end of the leaf 9. By turning the springon its pivot, it may be swung up out of engagement with the leaf, thusallowing the leaf to swing open freely. When the spring is turned orswung down to engagement with the leaf, it presses said leaf in tightcontact with the door sections. These parts just described areduplicatedat the opposite side of the doorway. One or both of the leaves9 can also be swung open against the tension of the springs, which willallow the door sections to be placed in or removed from the doorway.

The door is made of several sections of sheet metal indicated at 1st.Each section extends across the door and is of suflicient length to beengaged at the ends under the leaves 9. Each section is strengthened onthe outer side by a pair of angle irons 15 and 16 riveted thereto. Theangle iron 15 is located or extends along about the middle of the sec-The angle iron 16 is located at the lower edge of the section andprojects below the same, forming one sidewall of a groove to receive theupper edge of the next section below, the other side wall of said groovebeing formed by a flat plate 17 of sheet metal secured to the inner sideof the section. When these sections are set in place across the doorway,one rests upon the other, with the upper edge of the lower sectionfitting within the groove at the lower edge of the upper section. Thisforms a grain-tight joint between the sections, and the angle irons makethe section strong enough to support the pressure without great weightof metal, each of the sections being small enough for a man to readilyhandle. As many sections as desired may be used. I have shown three inthe drawings, but six will be a good number for an ordinary grain door,making each section light enough to handle easily. The lower section 14has a slide 18 to let out grain when desired.

In order to support the sections out of position and out of the way onthe inside of the car, I provide the inside of the car with a rackconsisting of a rod 19 and a rod 20 which are fastened at their ends tothe side of the car near the top thereof and which are properly bent andconstructed to form a rack in which the sections may be placed, the endsof the sections being inserted behind the bars or rods, as shown in Fig.2. The rod 20 is short, allowing the sections to be readily put in ortaken out over the top end thereof. Each section is provided with achain 21 connected to a ring on the door post and to the angle bar 15.These chains prevent accidental loss of the'sections, and they aresufliciently long to allow the sections to be placed in the rack.

The construction described allows a door of any desired height to bequickly and easily put in place. The spring pressure of the hingedleaves 9 holds the ends of the door sections closely against the doorposts and so forms a tight joint at the ends, and the joints between thedoor sections are grain-tight in consequence of the grooved constructiondescribed.

I claim:

The combination with a door and door posts, of a vertical guide for thedoor having a swinging plate with a notch adjacent its upper end, and aspring extending from the door post and having a hooked end arranged toengage in the notch and to bear against the said plate, said springbeing pivotally mounted on said post and said guide being cut away aboveits said notch whereby said spring may be rotated to disengage from theplate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ASCUE.

WVitnesses J. E. HoLnEs, C. W. WILSON.

